Ida

Ida is a 2013 Polish drama film. Set in Poland in 1962, it is about a young woman on the verge of taking vows as a Catholic nun. Orphaned as an infant during the German occupation of World War II, she must now meet her aunt. The former Communist state prosecutor and only surviving relative tells her that her parents were Jewish. The two women embark on a road trip into the Polish countryside to learn the fate of their family.

The film was described as a "compact masterpiece" and an "eerily beautiful road movie". It won the 2015 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, becoming the first Polish film to do so. It also won the European Film Academy Best Film Award in 2014 and also the 2014 BAFTA for Best Film Not in the English Language.